Muthyala Raju Revu

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Muthyala Raju Revu Interview

Muthyala Raju Revu, a farmer's son who
topped the civil services examination, says his sole desire is to serve people
in rural areas that lack even basic transportation and medical facilities which
led to the death of his sister and others.

Hailing from a remote island
village in Andhra Pradesh's coastal district of Krishna, the 27-year-old made
the state proud by emerging all India topper among 474 candidates found eligible
in Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) examination, the results of which
were declared Monday.

Death of his sister and six
friends in his remote Chinnagollapalem village that lacked basic transportation
and medical facilities motivated him to take up the civil services examination
so as to be able to do something for his people.

'My sister and others died
because they could not get medical attention in time as my village has no
transportation facility and is cut off by Godavari and Krishna rivers. The only
way of reaching the village is by small boats,' said Revu.

'I am from a coastal village
which lacks basic facilities like transport, education and health services.
There are some more villages in our country like our village. I wanted to be a
part in developing these villages as an IAS officer.'

Currently Indian Police Service
(IPS) probationer at Sardar Vallabhai National Police Academy here, Revu wants
to take up Indian Administrative Service (IAS) job as an Andhra Pradesh cadre
officer as he feels that he could better serve the villages like
Chinnagollapalem by being a civil servant.

'There are hundreds of
villagers which lack transportation and other basic amenities and I want to
serve them,' said Revu.

The desire to top forced him to
appear for the examination for the third time. He had secured 223rd rank in the
second attempt last year and joined as IPS probationer from Rajasthan cadre.

Revu's father Narasimha Murthy
is a farmer and his two elder brothers are also into agriculture. They belong to
a caste among Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

A bright student right from his
school days, he passed 10th standard from the government school close to his
village. Despite all odds, Revu joined a polytechnic college in the same region.

He secured first rank in
ECET-1998, did B. Tech from National Institute of Technology, Warangal. Revu
secured third place in GATE-2002 and did Masters in Engineering (ME) in Signal
Processing from Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore. He secured first rank
in the Indian Engineering Services-2003 and took up a job as a railway engineer.

'There is nothing which a man
can't achieve. You have to believe in yourself, be positive and prepare to
achieve the goal,' Revu said sharing the secret of his success.

Celebrations began in his
village as news broke that he had topped the IAS exam. His proud parents and
other family members were distributing sweets as other villagers too joined them
in the celebrations.

'He was a brilliant student
right from the beginning and he always used to read general knowledge books,'
said Revu's father.

This year has been fruitful for
the state with 23 other candidates getting into different services under various
categories. They included candidates who belonged to other states but took
coaching here.

Anindita Mitra, the topper
among women, who hails from Chhatisgarh, had also studied at Brain Tree
institute here. She is among 18 students to qualify from the institute.

Muthyala Raju Revu, a farmer's son who
topped the civil services examination, says